舵
helm; rudder
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How 舵 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
舟 (semantic, “boat”) + 它 (phonetic, tā)
How to remember it
rudder · Heisig RSH #2823
舟 boat + 它 it
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 它
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 它 (tā) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 它 sound component | tā | it; other |
| 蛇 | shé | snake |
| 驼 | tuó | camel; humpback; to carry on one's back |
| 沱 | tuó | river, stream, waterway; to flow |
| 坨 | tuó | lump, heap |
| 砣 | tuó | a stone roller; plumb, weight |
| 鸵 | tuó | ostrich |
| 跎 | tuó | to stumble, to falter, to vacillate |
| 柁 | tuó | the main beam of a house |
| 酡 | tuó | ruddy, flushed |
| 铊 | tā | thallium |
Words containing 舵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 见风转舵 | jiàn fēng zhuǎn duò | lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically; to be flexible and … |
| 顺风转舵 | shùn fēng zhuǎn duò | to act according to whatever is the current outlook; pragmatic; unprincipled |
| 大舵手 | Dà Duò shǒu | the Great Helmsman (Mao Zedong) |
| 见风使舵 | jiàn fēng shǐ duò | lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically; to be flexible and … |
| 随风倒舵 | suí fēng dǎo duò | to trim one's sails with the wind; to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstan… |
| 舵手 | duò shǒu | helmsman |
| 操舵室 | cāo duò shì | pilothouse |
| 满舵 | mǎn duò | on full rudder; turning as sharply as possible |
| 船舵 | chuán duò | rudder; helm of a ship |
| 把舵 | bǎ duò | to hold the rudder; to hold (to take, to be at) the helm; to steer |
| 舵把 | duò bǎ | tiller of a boat |
| 左舵 | zuǒ duò | left rudder |
| 操舵 | cāo duò | to steer (a vessel); to hold the rudder; at the helm |
| 掌舵 | zhǎng duò | to steer (a ship) |
| 右舵 | yòu duò | right rudder |
| 舵旁 | duò páng | helm (of a ship) |